That night, troy and I were sitting on my bed, talking, then I took a paper and wrote "troy.. I need to tell you something" he looked at me and said "sure!" I wrote "I am going to look for a place.. a place where I can learn sign language". He looked at me as if trying to hide his anger and then he said 'no!' I looked at him in amazement and wrote 'no? I am not taking your permission I am just telling you troy!' he said 'no gabby! No! this means that you are giving up and I won't let you do that!' I wrote 'no troy I am not giving up! I am just accepting the way I am, I need to communicate! I won't always walk with a paper in my hand! I can't troy!' he said 'but gabby, you will talk again! So sign language would be useless!' I wrote 'troy.. I will learn sign language, I need to and I have to.. I will troy' he kept staring at me for a while, in silence, then he said 'fine gabby, you made your choice' I just kept looking at him and then turned around to face the window, and when I turned around to face him again he was gone, the door was slapped, and I was all alone.

That night I didn't get any sleep, I was just thinking, I knew I was right! But maybe troy was just tired, I mean he has been through alot with me the past few weeks, maybe he was just stressed out, but what if he doesn't come back? A lot of questions were in my head but only one answer 'I love him'. I spent the night thinking, and crying, then I heard my mum calling 'breakfast is ready!' , so I headed to the bathroom, took a shower and got dressed, and then I went to the kitchen, kissed my mum on the cheek and left. She chased me saying 'where are you going?' I just smiled and nodded so she said 'take care and don't be late' I smiled again and then left. I was walking down the streets searching for something, or maybe someone, I wasn't even sure what I was looking for, I walked and I walked then I found a school with private classes for sign language, I hesitated but then I went in, I filled some papers, and then I payed for the classes, I was starting the next day. As I was walking home I spotted troy walking infront of me, I wasn't sure I was ready to talk to him, in fact I was scared he would turn me down, so I just avoided the awkward situation by not talking to him. I crossed the road to avoid him, and then I kept walking, then I saw him crossing the road too, I didn't know what to do, so I just kept walking then he put his hand on my shoulder! My heart was beating so fast, all I wanted to do was throw myself into his arms and kiss him! But I turned around slowly to face him, he said 'hi' I looked into his eyes and just remained silent.. then he said 'gabby? I am sorry!' I turned around and walked away. He yelled 'I am sorry gabby! I really am!' but I just kept walking fighting the tears, fighting the ache in my heart, fighting the urge to run into his arms, I just kept walking until I got home. I ran to my room and sat on my bed trying to process what has just happened, when I found my mum knocking on the door, she entered and said 'are you okay gabriella?' I nodded forcing a smile, so she took a few steps towards me and sat on the bed and said 'are you sure baby?' I wasn't sure, infact I was sure I wasn't okay, but I still nodded. So she kissed me on my forehead, and left me with a smile. I put my head into my hands and started crying, I missed troy, I wanted him to be here with me holding me, kissing me, just being there! Then while I was crying, I heard something hitting my window, when I looked I found rain, so I supposed it was just snow or heavy rain or something, but then the sound didn't stop, so I stood up, and looked out of the window to find troy standing in the rain! I opened the window and stared at him and he said 'I.. am...so... sorry!' I ran down the stairs, opened the door, and ran towards him and hugged him tight! He kept whispering in my ear 'I love you gabby!' then I took a good look at him and smiled, then he kissed me. I felt like there was no one else in this world but us, no rain, no ground, no sky, just me and troy!

Then we got into the house and I brought him a towel, and went to change my soaked clothes, when I got back troy gave me his hand and I took it, then he pulled me close and made me sit on his lap, then he said 'gabriella, I know I hurt you, but what I meant to say was that I don't want you to change or anything, I love you just the way you are, but I just don't want you to surrender to your silence, I want you to fight it! I want you to talk to me again! That's all gabby, but no matter what you want to do, I will be with you just as long as you promise me that atleast you'll try.. ok?' my eyes were getting filled with water so I nodded then I kissed him! I loved troy so much, I felt so blessed to have him in my life, he was my backbone, he was my hope in the tomorrow, my light in the dark, I knew that whenever I close my eyes when I open them again he would still be there.